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    "localId": "98751",
    "label": "Cup and Stand",
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    "id": "98751",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Cup and Stand",
    "description": "As early as the seventh century, the practice of drinking tea and wine became an important part of elite culture in Korea. Elites of the Goryeo period commissioned a variety of types of utensils and vessels including this delicate-looking cup and cup stand, not only to make their drinking experience more exciting, but also to show their refined taste.",
    "date": "918–1392",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.433.a",
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    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Diameter of top: 13.1 cm (5 3/16 in.); Overall: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.)",
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        "Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)"
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    "accession": "1918.433.a"
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    "tec": "pottery",
    "tombstone": "Cup and Stand (백자 탁잔 [白磁托盞]), 918–1392. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Pottery; diameter of top: 13.1 cm (5 3/16 in.); overall: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance, 1918.433.a",
    "titleInOriginalLanguage": "백자 탁잔 [白磁托盞]",
    "collection": "Korean Art",
    "didYouKnow": "Elites of the Goryeo period are known for their love of drinking tea and wine. Many sophisticated tea wares such as this example were buried in the tombs of ruling elites.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Lee, Jongmin. “The Genealogy and Characteristics of Imported Chinese White Porcelain in the Mid-Goryeo Period [고려 중기 수입 중국백자의 계통과 성격].” <em>Misulsa yeongu</em> (2011): 137-160",
            "url": "https://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE01791592"
        },
        {
            "citation": "<em>Korean Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Seoul: Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation, 2021.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 19, fig. 18"
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    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:20:04.161000",
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    "dept": "Korean Art",
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